Afrikaner cleric C. F. Beyers Nande, who died September 7, could have led South Africa's Dutch Reformed Church as well as the Broederbond, the once-powerful Afrikaner secret organization, but he turned his back on them and chose instead a lonely path of opposition to apartheid.
The onetime activist, 89, who died at a retirement home in Johannesburg, was described by former president Nelson Mandela as "a true son of Africa." Mandela said Nande was "a brave man" who had stood up ...